Chiharu Shiota
Born 1972 in Osaka, Japan
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Chiharu Shiota is known for her performative installations in which she weaves human-size webs from black thread, turning entire galleries into labyrinthine environments and often enclosing personal objects or even herself. Inspired by the installation and performance art of the 1970s, Shiota left Japan for Berlin to study under Marina Abramovic, whose influence can be seen in Shiota’s endurance-based performances like Try and Go Home (1998), in which the artist smeared her body with earth, entered a hole, and fasted for four days. Shiota’s work is also influenced by and aligned with that of Rebecca Horn, Ana Mendieta, Louise Bourgeois, and Eva Hesse, revealed in her use of materials and performative exploration of states of anxiety, oblivion, and remembering.
Chiharu Shiota
KENJI TAKI GALLERY
State of Being (Gas Masks for Children)
Chiharu Shiota
State of Being (Children’s Dress)
Chiharu Shiota
Skin-red
Chiharu Shiota
Dialogue
Chiharu Shiota
On the Hill
Chiharu Shiota
Over the Mirror
Chiharu Shiota
Two People
Chiharu Shiota
State of Being (Keys)
Chiharu Shiota
State of Being (Keys)
Chiharu Shiota
How did you come into the World?
Chiharu Shiota
Zustand Des Seins / State of Being, 2013 Dress
Chiharu Shiota
Zustand Des Seins / State of Being, Three Little Dresses
Chiharu Shiota